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The Disappearance
Of Miss Griswold
By GEORGE
ET HEI.BERT WALSH
I was Instantly alert. If the cloak
had dl»api»eared it bad probably bron
used to cover Miss Griswold In her
hurried aud mysterious kidnaping.
"Describe the cloak," I commanded
iu rather (»eremptory tones.
"It was a beautiful cloak of blue silk,
embroidered with peacocks In gold. It
was a gift to me from a friend in
China. No such cloak was ever made
iu this country. My son valued it
highly.”
"And be couldn’t find It anywhere In
the bouse, nor the police either?’
After a moment of alienee I asked
meaningly, "Where do you suppose the
cloak is now, Sing Tung?”
For the first time hls eyes showed
change, and an expr«»slon of wrath or
fear entered bls Immobile face,
was quiet for a moment and
added:
“It was a magic cloak, they say.
son believed it, but I do not. It
woven for one of our Idols In China.
There Is a story that It shielded a pair
of lovers from the vengeance of the au
thorltles, and it was stripp«*d from tlie
idol by profane bauds, but its spell autl
magic lasted. Once on the shoulders of
a lover, no barm could befall the wear
er. It had the power of shielding”—
"And spiriting away." I interrupted
sarcastically.
Tlie Chinaman's face showed sudden
grief and sorrow.
"You do not believe it," he added
slowly, “and you distrust me.”
"No,” I Interrupted, "not you, Klug
Tung, but your son. We must find the
magic cloak, and then I think we'll find
Miss Griswold.”
"Yes; If you find the cloak Miss Gris
wold will be found too.”
It was quite evident to me by this
time that the old Chinaman was not
concerned in the spiriting away of Hel
en Griswold, but in ills desire to shield
hls son I thought he would go to any
lengths to deceive me. The story of the
magic cloak was Intended merely as a
blind.
The following morning an advertise
ment In the morning papers offering a
reward for any one who could give In
formation about a blue Bilk cloak with
peacocks worked In gold on it brought
me several repll«». After an hour’s
study of these I sifted them down to
one. This seemed genuine and the oth
era “fakes.”
Down by the water front on West
street an old waterman assured me
that on the night of the disappearance
of Miss Griswold he had rowed a cou
pie out to a small schooner yacht an
chored tn midstream and that one of
them was partly concealed by a cloak
of the description I gave. It was very
dark, but the waterman saw the dazzle
of the gold embroidered peacocks in
the moonlight.
"DI<1 you get the name of the yacht?”
I asked anxiously.
"No, but I heal’d one of 'em give the
order to go up the East river through
Hell Gate,” was the reply.
With a fair description of tlie yacht,
obtalnetl from my informer, 1 lost uo
time la chartering u tug az id sailing up
the sound In pursuit of the elusive blue
silk elouk.
Toward night I was c onsidering the ad-
Visability ot returning to the city when
In the mounllglit we discovered a boat In
dlstr -ss near one of the rocky Islets which
arc sprinkled along the north shore of the
sound. The boat had evidently run too
close to the rocky Islet, and It was strand
ed on it. In the darkness we could not
make out the size or character of the
cruft, but when we hailed it a voice re-
sporuled:
"Hello!
take us off? We've
been shipwrecked two days here."
A small boat was rowed alongside of
the stranded craft, and when. In company
with two of the tug's crew, 1 climbed
abouril a light of Joy entered m; eyes.
The yacht was a two masted schooner,
and on either side near the stern the sides
were blackened ami scarred.
A young man greeted us. He was so
handsome and strong looking that I re
sented the thought of Implicating him In
any plot to kidnap the daughter of Henry
Griswold. New York's most prominent
banker and financier.
"We’re mighty glad to see you." he
said. "We’ve been signaling for help for
two days now. but nobody saw us. We
want to get buck to the shore tonight."
"How many have you aboard?" I ashed,
walking across the deck of tbe yacht,
"and what are tlielr names?"
"la It necessary to take names?" he
asked a little anxiously.
"Shipwrecked people generally give their
names.”
"But 1—In this case—If you could keep
the matter quiet"—
1 suddenly Interrupted hls sentence and
strode away. The flash of something at
the head of the companionway startled
me. In the pale moonlleht I .ras «ore
that 1 suw gold peacocks on a held of
blue.
"I am afraid that all depends upon what
sort of story you can give me." I re
plied slowly. Then, fearing trouble, I de
cided to adopt strenuous methods at once.
The crew ot the disabled yacht stood back
ot the man, and they outnumbered us two
to one.
"You need not give your name to me."
I answered, approaching him, "but later
you can give It at headquarters. For the
present you are my prisoner."
The mar. «»»rt«>l Kaolr n«|«d a Httl«
and men. seeing that 1 held a weapon In
my hand, laughed harshly.
"So you have trapped us! If It hadn't
been tor this confounded rock, we'd given
every one the slip. Well, I suppose we
may as well give up."
"Yes; It may prove dangerous to offer
resistance. But where Is your prisoner—
In the cabin?"
"Prisoner!" He started In unfeigned as
tonishment. "Miss Griswold, you mean?"
"Yes, Miss Griswold.” 1 answered.
"Oh. she's there In the cabin, but I
didn't know she was a prisoner."
Before our eyes a fair vision suddenly
appeared, wearing over her head and
shoulders a blue silk cloak with golden
peacocks scattered over It. Sh« w>iir«a
straight toward us and Inquired. "What
Is the trouble, lawrence’"
"They’ve caught us. Helen. This man
holds me a prisoner and"—
"For what?" was the Indignant Inter
ruption.
"For kidnaping.” I replied, somewhat
weakly.
A light, sflvery peal of laughter was my
answer. That some mistake had, been
made slowly dawned upon me. and I low
ered my weapon
"You can probably explain your pres
ence here. Miss Griswold," I said coldly.
"I am open to conviction, but matters
look very mystifying "
"Did papa and mamma send you? Oh.
,i see. you are a private detective But
how tn ths world did VOU And US? I
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thought we had covered our tra« ks com
p lately."
“You did-ex< ept tor°t’. tt cloak, the
betraj ed j
Chinaman'« cloak' Oh I had t<
use that to dieguise myself.
It wa>
spread out over one of those funny Idol
when I walked out of the room and
house. 1 thought it was beautiful und
costly. i intended to return it, but this
accident’’—
“And your father and mother think
some horrible accident has"— A serious
expression appeared on her face.
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"I know. They must be terribly wor
ried, but wo did not anticipate thia. 1
had a letter ready to post as soon as—
a»"—
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"As we could get married," interrupted
my- prisoner
"I am sorry that I have misunderstood."
I stammered tn some hesitation, "but 1
CHOICE
STORIES
MISCELLANY HUMOR OF THE HOUR WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT
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Good Buys at *100 Per tear.
Mill« Ihe.e Lteppiluna.
The cost of a school for the develop
ment of good boys is thus stated by
Eugeue Wood In hls article, "A Schoo)
For Boys,” In Everybody’s.
"It costs the state of Ohio about $160
a year for eueb boy. A useful, capable
uiuu Is worth to society on the average
110,000. These 11,000 boy* cost the
state of Ohio, then, say $2,000,000. Say
7,000 of them were rescued. That Is
$70,000,000 recovered to society on the
Investment of $2,000,000. It has been
figured that every criminal do«» about
$2,000 damage a year, leavlug entirely
out of the estimate what it costs tu
maintain our plant for the detection,
prevention and punishment of crime.
Each man will be a criminal not less
than twenty years. That's $40,000 dam
ages multiplied by 70,000 boys, or
$2.so,000,000 damages saved, not count
ing the cost of the anticriminal plant.
Hus it paid to run this Boys' Industrial
school at Lancaster?
"And even if it hadn’t paid financial
ly isn't It worth while?”
Landlord—W ell, has everything bMB
all right since you've been with us?
ln^iarting Guest Y’en, ouly you kuow
that when
cup-
---- we
... cauie
came and found uo
no cup
taiard in our room you promised us
you'd put up some books, but you
didn't.
"Ob,
“And you told us you'd give us a ta
ble to ourselves, but you didn't."
"Well, but look here"—
"Aud you said you'd give us a room
where we'd get the ocean breexe,
while in fact you gave us one opening
against the wrather boarding of uu-
other bouse and facing directly away
from the beach."
"Oh, well, you"—
•'Ami you said the hotel was on the
tx-eaii eud of the parade, while ns a
matter of accuracy it is half a mile
!
from the sea.”
i
"But they all adver”—
"You said the place was orderly uud '
that the table was good, yet we have
not been able to sleep at all, aud wbeu
ever we wanted a decent bite to eat
we had to go out after it.”
"Well, my dear sir”—
"Yes, with the few exceptions named
everything has been perfectly satisfac
tory, and we shall take great pleasure
in telliug our friends bo .”— London
Tit Bits.
lulek'u Lo«« of Memory.
“ oh ,
i kee ; you ark a private detec
tive .*’
may make amends. I promised your par
ents to return you to them dead or alive
and to arrest the perpetrator of the deed.
There Is no other course for me to
choose.”
“But we have committed no crime, and
you cannot arrest us,” Miss Griswold re
plied sharply.
“No, but you can't get ashore without
my assistance. If you will come with me,
I will—will give you time to find a min
ister, and then If you will go with me
tny duty has been performed. I might in
—er—emergency act as best man at the
marriage.”
The mysterious disappearance and re
turn of Helen Griswold did not reflect
much glory upon my professional life, for
there were circumstances about it which
I could not give to the newspapers, and
Mr. Bromley, who had determined to
marry her against her private wishes,
was prone to talk too much for one who
knew very little about the circumstances.
Henry Griswold was so overjoyed to re
ceive hls daughter back that he was will-
ing to forgive her for marrying the man
of her choice, and, what Is more char
acteristic of him, he paid my fee without
a question after he knew that I had aided
and abetted the couple in their clandes-
tine marrlage.
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Better Than th«- Toothpick.
Borne months ago Dominick Maison-
vitcli, who had beeu working In the
mines of the Lackawanna compauy,
hurried to Europe to bring over hls
wife and family and neglected to draw
hls pay. The other day he returned
and, remembering the undrawn mon
ey, made application for it. But to the
amusement of the officials and his own
consternation he could not remember
the name under which he had worked.
There are few foreigners who are
known by tlielr proper names in the
mines, for the reason that so many of
the names seem to be so similar that
it is necessary to give them an English
name. Dominick may recall his former
payroll title in time, In the meantime
he will be known as ltlke smith, al
though for a time he did think rather
seriously of making it Mike Mitchell
or Mike Roosevelt.—Scranton Tribune.
Not the tenni Thing.
"Chillum is a very original person.''
"Wbat makes you think so?”
“He looked me over after my sum
mer vacation without telling me that
he never saw me looking so well.”—
Washington Star.
A Scheme.
"So Gailey really had to pay Miss
Pertman $10,000 for breach of promise,
eli ?”
"Yes, and now he wants to marry her
for her money.”—Baltimore News.
Setting Him Hight.
Sahl He—Are you quite sure you
not fishing for a compliment?
Sahl She— Of course I am.
The Parent of lladloni.
If the earth, says Professor E. Ruth would l>e foolish to fish In such a
erfonl, were supposed to have beeu low pond—Chicago News.
composed Initially of pure radium the
activity 20,000 years later would not
be greater than the activity observed
In pitchblende today. But since there
is no doubt that the earth's age vastly
exceeds 20,000 years It is necessary in
order to account for the existence of
radium at all In the earth to suppose
that it is continuously produced from
some other substance. At the present
time it seems most probable that ura
nium Is this parent substance. The ob
served activity in a good specimen of
pitchblende is about what should be
expected If the uranium contained 111 it
spontaneously breaks up Into radium.
Itadium itself is continuously trans
formed into an emanation, which In
turn is changed into other types of
matter, and there is no evidence that
the process is reversible.
We are tokl that the health and pros
perlty of the teeth are greatly promot
ed by the prompt use of the toothpick
immediately after eatiug anti that this
being so only a “Miss Prim” or an
"Aunt Betty” would presume to object
to It. We reply that if this is so the
person afflicted should at once repair
A Home For Wornont Fire Borneo.
to the dressing room and, away from
If there Is any one class of horses de
the observation of others, should relieve serving of special care and considera
his teeth of their fatal bunleu. It Is tion above any other it is surely the
advlslble, however, that lie should em faithful animals that serve the public
ploy for the purpose the highly hygieu til the tire departments of our big cit
1C dental floss. This Is pronounced by ies. It Is gratifying to record the fact
all good dentists far less harmful to that a true lover of dumb animals has
the teeth than the ubiquitous tooth risen up In the person of Mr. Nicholas
pick, which has, as we firmly believe, F. Brady, one of the youngest of Wall
pushed Its way into pretty good so street's successful men, who proposes
ciety by false pretenses aud a species to see tliat these worthy old veterans of
of blackmail.—Leslie's Weekly.
the tire wagons are hereafter treated
according to their just deserts. Mr.
1‘olitrneNM of Children.
Brady will buy at hls own expense and
The politeness of children is only
pension off for life all the horses dis
skin deep. One cannot help sympathiz
carded by the New York department,
Ing with the little London girl who
and they will spend their declining
said sleepily to her hostess at a party
days on a big farm, where rich pastur
she had not been old enough to enjoy,
age In the summer and warm shelter
“Please, will you tell me which is the
in the Inclement season will never be
lady what’s giving this party, ’cause 1
lacking —Leslie's Weekly.
promised mummy to say, ‘Goodby,
thank you very much for the nice par
Cnrlous Burial Whims.
ty,’ and I can’t go home till I’ve said
The
glass
coffin in which Tamagno,
It, and—and I do so want to get away
from this horrible place!” But one’s the great singer, was buried the other
wholo heart goes out to the little boy day was not the first which has in
who, having greatly enjoyed oue small closed a curious character. There was
Insufficient chocolate, was asked sharp a miserly Sir 'Thomas Bancroft, who
ly, “Well, Johnny, wbat do you say?" in old London days heaped up great
riches. Even when his time came to
“More,” answered Johnny.
die he could not bring himself to give
his property away, and so he left his
A Stone With a History.
A stone with a remarkable history is ♦‘state to be Improved until he should
kept nt the British naval offices It rise again, which he expected shortly
Portsmouth. In the fifth» of the Iasi: to do. 11c had a window built in his
century It aavad a vessel of the queon -, coffin, movable from the Interior, and
navy. ’Ill«» frigate Pique rau ashore oi windows nnd a glazed door to bis
the Japanese coast, but was refloated j tomb, and ordered that at frequent In
In wbat was thought to be an undam ( tervals these should be opened and
aged condition. It proeetsled to Port- | himself inspected by the trustees, Bur
mouth and was docked, when It was > the latter had had enough of the gen
found that the stone had Imliedded It I tieman. They built almshouses with
self firmly in tlie planks of the slilp - hls estate.
bottoni. Tbe slon«> prevented leakage 1
and bad it dropped from Its position
Japanese Paper Making.
during the homeward run there is little | The striking point in the manufac
doubt that the Pique would have
ture of Japanese paper is the absence
lost.
of machinery. Everything is done by
manual labor. Factories are almost
Size of «he Sun.
unknown, the Industry being carried
We sometimes see a huge ring or on in a small way by each family sep
halo round the moon, occupying a
arately. Except where the members
space in the heavens so large that nine of a family are Insufficient, there Is no
ty moons’ breadths would but just suf hired labor, and consequently paper
fice to span It. Yet the body of the sun making families are less affecttM by
would fill all that space ere we had ap the rise and fall in prices which fol
proached within 2,000,000 miles of him
low the variation In the demand. Late
Once on hts apparent surface were we
ly one or two paper mills have been
permitted to travel thereon ami with
erected, notably in Osaka and Ojl, a
the speed of an express train It would
suburb of Tokyo.
require five whole years of continuous
journeying before we could make the
I’he Town Jsy Gould Fonntled.
circuit of this orb.
Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county,
which was named for the late Jay
A Mnn nt HI« Word.
"I've been trying that physician you Gould, who was the founder of the
r«!CGmmend«>d so highly to me."
town, he having operated a tanuery at
"Ah! And you found him all that I that place before he became either rich
•aid, reliable in every respect, eh?”
or famous, la a deserted village. Ac
"Well, he assured me he would put cording to the report of School Super
Intendant Taylor of Lackawanna coun
me on my feet inside of two months.”
"And did he do It?”
ty, its public school has dwindled to a
"That's what he did. I've Just sold paltry attendance of fifteen pupils, ami
my automobile In order to pay his Its tanneries anti sawmills have entire
bill.”
ly disappeared.- Philadelphia Record
(Special A'ori'espoieWiiee.)
Au interesting controversy lias anseu
in M ti'liiu. on regarding the date with'
which the architects for the bouse of
representatives office building have in
scribed the cornerstone of that struc
ture. As engraved, the stone bears the
line "MDCCCCV,” whereas mauy of
the savants in the uutioual capital claim
that it »liould read "MCMV," and the
plain propie are asking why it would
uot be better to iusi-rib«- It plaiu “1905,"
so that even members of cougress
would be able to read the inscription.
1'arrere A Hastings, the architects,
are said to be resi»onsible for the
unique method of Roman notation ern-
ployed, am! they maintain that they
have n precedent for this method of
indicating the date l'J05 in the Inscrip
tion they place«! on the New Y'ork Pub-
lie library. They also claim to have
submitted the question to Harvard and
Yale universities and to the French in
stitute and to have been support«*d by
the opinions of all three.
A Meir Counterfeit.
t hief Wilkie of the United States se
cret service has announced the discov
ery of a new counterfeit ten dollar
United States ("Buffalo”) note. It Is
reproduced on two pieces of paper, be
tween which blue and red silk fiber has
been distributed. The counterfeit Is
fully three-elghtbs of an Inch longer
than the genuine. I’he back of it Is a
very dark green. It was passed In New
York on a subway ticket agent.
Kularr'a Gift to the President.
Captain Hebbinghaus, naval attache
of the German embassy, has presented
to the president a valuable collection of
engravings Illustrative of the life of
Frederick the Great, the gift of the
German emperor. Captain Hebbing-
haus, who has just returned from Ger
many, was also the bearer of a per
sonal message from his soverelgu to
the president. The president asked
Captain Hebbinghaus to thank the em
peror heartily for the gift and the
greeting. The president will aso ac
knowledge them In a letter to the em
peror. The collection especially ap
pealed to the president because of hls
study of the life of the great emperor.
New Civil Hellrenient Plan«.
"Jolies is just married.”
"Ha, ha! That's a good joke on
Jones.”
“A gotxl joke?”
"Yes. He's always boasted of being
independent.”
Well, That's n Good Deal.
“I hope you help ma all you can
about the house,” said May.
"Yea. When she's busy,” answered
Nan. “I keep out of the way.”—Phila
delphia Press.
Dark Outlook.
Tom—I told Miss Gotrox last night
that she was the light of my life.
Jack—Well, what then?
Tom—Then the light went out.—De
troit Tribune.
True Love.
lie—Would you love me as much,
dear. If 1 didn’t own an automobile?
She—Yes, If you promised to get one
at once.—Kansas City Times.
A Snre Test.
He—Does she still love him?
She—I think so. She always listens
with admiring interest to everything he
says.—Somerville Journal.
Dan*er.
She (meaningly)—I>o you believe kiss
ing is really dangerous?
He (meanly)—Yes. It often brings on
marriage.—Puck.
In Splrflt tíreles.
"Wbat sort of demonstra tions dld
tney have at tbé seance last nlglit?”
"Just médium.”—New York Press.
Another plan for a retirement sys
tem hi the government service seems
to be taking substantial form. A civil
service retirement association has been
organized. Its members are not de
manding the creation of a civil pension
list, for they know congress would not
be Inclined to grant such a request.
What the present organization does
want is permission from congress to
create n pension fund out of a certain
small amount to be deducted monthly
from the salary of each clerk. Such a
system Is now followed In many cities
of the country with reference to school
teachers, firemen, policemen and other
municipal employees, and many of the
government clerks believe there should
be uo objection to trying It on the
larger scale here.
Civil Service i'ositian«.
The number of persons who would
be affected by the legislation proposed
Is surprisingly large. The first civil
service regulations, Issued In pursu
ance of the law of 1883, Included 13,924
persons, and by March, 1885, tills num
ber had been Increased to 15,573. Last
year the grand total of classified em
ployees was 154,093. The number of
excepted and noncompetitive positions
was 80,789 and of unclassified positions
49,764. Under late executive orders,
however, substantially the entire civil
service has been brought either direct
ly or indirectly under the scope of the
civil service scheme, with the excep
tion of regular presidential appoint
ments. It is today estimated that
there are approximately 287,700 civil
service positions under the govern
ment, with 6,200 presidential appoint
mental additional, leaking a grand total
of 292,900.
The Hrali'nlc Laboratory.
The treasury department recently let
the contract "to clear a plot of ground,
When ma put on our boy’s fust pants
I vow you’d oughter seed
plow and sow In rye for use of the hy
How that skeered Infant slunk around
gienic laboratory.” This tract Iles to
An’ sorter hawed an' geed.
tlie south of the hygienic laboratory, an
As though, in spite of all our talk
experimental Institution for investigat
That he was growln’ old.
He kinder balked, unconscious like.
ing the common ailments of man, trop
At what them clothes foretold.
ical diseases and surgical problems.
The- prosecution of this woik calls
Tt wam't no use ter tell that child
That he was ’most a man
for every manner of experiment, many
An' that some day he’d be like dad.
of them of an unusual character. Guin
A-drivln' of a span
ea pigs, rabbits, occasionally a dog and
He Jest contln'ed. atulBiorn like.
Ter slink an’ make a fuse.
now and then an old horse too old and
As though hls little heart was full
« Infirm for much else are subjects of
Of shame or somethin' wuns.
the experiments. The guinea pig and
An’, come ter think, tain t re’lly stranga the rabbit have given the best results
He took ter pants so slow
In au experimental way, and at present
An’ sorter hated like ter l'arn
the hygienic laboratory has several
Thet he was bour.d ter grow.
thousand of those prolific rodents, to
I reckon some w her»»» jn hls sou!
He had ther feelin strong
say nothing of sundry rabbits and cats.
Thet babes Is always sweet an’ right,
In tlie building erected some years ago
While men Is mostlj’ wrong.
»I.urana W. Sheldon In New York Times. for that purpose in the rear of the In
stltutlon.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Isfnu« Intuition.
t Carriul Wlfg.
ninth I p.
Knnninir the Gantlet.
Get out o' the valley o' lkesolatlon.
’Thinning the gantlet.” a punishment
It's only a step to the bills of Joy,
supposed to be peculiar to the Ameri
where the stars are shining and the can Indians, was originated In the Brit
morning breaks In splendor to the mu- ish navy. Every sailor In the crew but
•ic of the trumpets of God.—Atlanta the offender to be punished was pro
Constitution.
vided with a switch, which he was re-
Mo IndnrrnirRt.
<jifire<1 to lay briskly on the bare shoul
Gamoetta once •ffpred a prefecture, ders of the man who did the running
with a »alary of (1,000 francs, to an In between the two lines. 'The Indians
corrigible Bohemian, who. however, observed the punishment inflicted lo
declined with thanks, saying. “1 can Virginia aod Canada and copied It as a
make more than that by borrowing”
forip of torture.
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Hubby (desperately >—Give me your
Her I.title Composition,
clothesline. I'm going to bang myself.
A class was reciting In a school.
Wifey (sweetly!—Oh, George, I'm so
"Who can give me,” said the teacher,
sorry. This clothesline la go rotten it “a sentence in which the words 'bit
won’t bold you
you'll have to buy ter end' are used?”
one. dear!—Cleveland Leader
Up jumped a little girl excitedly. "I
can. tearher. 'The cat ran tinder the
Snd H«-«ult nf Experiment.
Aunt Ann—You think Jobu no longer burenu and the dog ran after her and
loves you? New Wife (sobbing,-! 1 bit her end.’"
know It auntie! I p-put on an ug-uglv
To produce the largest sized young
old hnt this morning and 1» never no
tlctsl’ the <1lf-dirdlfferpnce._c«ul(.n)..1 the parents should be large, heavy and
full Ijgeasted birds.—Farm Journal
Trihdne
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Gems In Veree
Mothe«« Were Vol Needed.
The Rev. Fisher Howe Braith of Ten
•fly. N. J , tells the following st^y oU
oue of New York's prominent clergy
meu who Is noted as a reformer: Re
eently stopping at a certalu western
city where Sunday is uot very rigidly
observed, the New York diviue was
called upon to address the eongrega
tlon of the church of a brother miu
Isterial frieud.
The New York clergyman was Jos
tied by several intoxicated Individual.-
on his way to church Sunday morning
The theater box offices were selling
seals for widely advertised Sunday aft
eruoon aud evening performances. Th«
saloons, billiard halls, bowling alley«
and shooting galleries and stores were
open anti doing a large business, on»
saloon In particular Itelug unusual!;
well patronised by the male Inliab
ltants, in the window of which the vis
lting minister was shocked to see a
large sign prominently displayed bear
lug die words, "We nets! no mothei
here.”
When lie arose to address the congre
Ilu«ed on l‘re<-edeut.
gation Ills face was very long nnd very
It Is expected that some eminent grave, an<l In substance- he remark-
scholars in cougress will have not a
tew words to say ou the subject when
they reach Washington, aud Elliott
Woods, superintendent of the capital,
seems to appreciate that the end is not
yet, although he Is determined not to
commit himself Irrevocably as to hls
opinion on the subject. Meanwhile the
average man Is wondering why the su
perintendent, the congress committee
mid the architects do not solve the
problem by the easy method of going
around it and writing the date in plain
Arabic figures, which rural visitors
could read without hesitation.
John M. Carrere says that the in
scription was based on ample prece
dent, since the Institute of '’ranee had
some years ago decided that the longer
method was the correct one. When a
similar question arose in regard to the
New Y'ork Public library, Mr. Carrere
added, the matter was referred to Co
lumbia university, which decided In fa
vor of the longer form.
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Waiting For the Train.
Placid old lady, reading a kou!..
Another, whoa fussy, to Judge by ber
look:
Man with a suit case who can't find hls
train;
Offi. ii .»• duty too bored to explain.
Restless small boy a-squlrm like an eel;
Proud college widow with ejes that eon-
geid;
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Man from far west, with a napping felt
hat;
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Grandma and basket containing her cat;
Hunter with »logs going two ways at
once;
Dutchman with bundles, who wheesea and
grunts;
Two < oloiml gentlemen, rigged out to kill;
Boy with big water can. coolers to till;
Small girl, an immigrant, green shawl on
head;
Nursemaid in picture hat. purple and red;
Man with a "phis ’ a pirate might wear;
Girl at a mirror arranging her balr;
Lady, too stout, munching apples with
seel;
Freshman with bulldog and fancy silk
vest;
Two politicians, both talking too much;
Sweet, bright eyed child, with a smile—
and a crutch;
Tall modern beauty, blooming as
"Who in the world," whisper
"can she be?"
Widow, deep mourning, face marble
white;
Jot lai drummers a-grln with delight;
Baby In arms, the most recent urrtvai;
Octogenarian, latest survival;
Girl doing sums. and. what Is worse,
I. in a corner, writing this verse,
Hissing of steam pipes, loud clanging
gong.
Rumble of freight cars bumping along;
loath In the news stand, manners blase—
"AU aboard!
My train!—I run away.
—Tudor Jenks.
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Hard Times.
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count
its many tears.
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
There’s a song that will linger forever in
our ears
Of hard times come again no more.
CHORUS.
’Tis the sung, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no
more;
Many days you have lingered round my
cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more!
While we seek mirth and beauty and
music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the
door;
Though their voices are silent, their
pleading looks will say,
Oh. hard times, come again no more!
There's a pale, drooping maiden, who
toils her life away.
With a warm heart whose better days
are
o'er;
♦■<1 satily that he had been greatly pain
her voice would be merry, ’tis
ed to note bow the Inhabitants of the Though
sighing all the day.
beautiful, thriving western cities dese Oh, hard times, come again no more!
—Author Unknown.
crated the Sabbath day.
THE H1IK.NI> TUGGED AT THK MI.NIBTKB**
t '»AT TAIL.
"And,” be continued severely, "1 uni
grieved to state that for nil I have vis
ited a number of towus lu the tu'.nlng
region it has remained for me to re
ceive my greatest shock ou this beau
tiful Sunday morning In this lovely
municipality of yours. Ab, my lieloved
hearers, the drink evil is bad euougli.
but I fear for the future of the town
In the window of oue of whose largest
gin mills Is allowed to remain thu
sign. ‘We need no mother here.' ”
"Doctor,” whispered Ills ministerial
friend, tugging at hls coat tail as a
smile spread over the «xmgregatlon and
there was ail audible titter from the
rear pews, "they are exhibiting a new
incubator In there."—New York Times.
Alone.
I miss you, my darling, my darling!
The embers burn low on the hearth,
And still Is the stir of the household.
And huslied is the volee of Its mirth;
The rain plashes fast on the terrace,
The winds past the lattices moan,
The midnight chimes out from the min
ster,
And I am alone.
I want you, my darling, my darling!
I’m tired with care and with fret,
would nestle in silence beside you
And all but your presence forget.
In the hush of the happiness given
To those who through trusting havs
grown
To the fullness of love in contentment,
But I am alone.
I cull you, my darling, my darling!
My voice eohoea back on the heart;
I stretch my arms to you In longing,
Towel Was Done Brown.
And. lo, they fall empty apart!
whisper th*> sweet words you taught me.
Senator Pettus of Alabama on a
The
words that we only have known,
bright April morning was defending Till the
blank of the dumb air is bitter,
tile government’s bestowal of seeds up
For I am alone.
on the farmers.
"Those who oppose this custom,” he
said, “are ignorant of the farmer's
work nnd of the farmer's needs. They
are as ignorant as a little Alabama
girl of whom I heard the other day.
"This little girl’s mother handed her
a damp towel.
” 'Minnie,' she said, ‘take this towel
into the kitchen and hold It In front of
the fire until It is dry.’
“ 'Yes. mamma,’ said the child, and
she threw the towel over her shoulder
and departed.
"The mother continued her work.
She forgot all about her daughter.
Ten or fifteen minutes passed.
"Then there sounded from the kitch-
en a clear young treble voice,
“ ‘Mamma,’ it called, ‘Is the towel
doue when It's brown?’
Halt Lake
Herald.
Buck, Back, Ilnck to Duluth.
A story was told in a Duluth restau
rant recently of a man who had se
cured a position in Chicago and was to
leave Duluth to go to work.
However, lie got mixed up with some
friends while saying goodby and was
soon In such a condition that he didn't
care whether he went that day or the
next. So be hit upon the brilliant Idea
of sending a postal to hls new employ
er saying he had missed hls train as an
excuse for not being there on time.
When he did get to Chicago he asked
Ills boss If be received the card.
"Yes,” the boss said, “I got the card
all right, bnt what I can't undenrlaud
Is how you could miss the train when
the card didn't.”
Neither did the Duluth man under
stand. That Is why the story comes
from Duluth. He returned.—Chicago
Infer Ocean.
Hls Memory- Failed.
Richard Golden, «tar of “The Bad
Samaritan,” says Unit he once traveled
with a company whose property man
wag a Scotchman with a weakness to
indulge In liquor occasionally notwltli
standing a sincere devotion to religious
principles and a compliance, however
perfunctory, with hls Ideas of worship
and reverence. On one occasion he ar
rived at homo very late, undressed
with considerable difficulty and knelt
down baalde Ills bed, muttering ineo
herently.
"Whnt’s the matter. John?” askisl hls
wife. “Ar* ye no feeling well?”
“Am feelin' a' right." said John, "but
a canna mind a wlr««d o' me prayers."
Ost r«,rnn«.
I need you, my darling, my darling!
With its yearnings my very heart aches;
The load that divides us weighs harder;
I shrink from the jar that It makes.
Old sorrows rise up to beset me;
Old doubts make my spirit their own.
Oh, come through the darkness and save
me.
For I am alone.
— Robert J. Burdette.
Nocturne.
Up to her chamber window
A slight wire trellis goes,
And up this Romeo's ladder
Clambers a bold white rose.
I lounge in the ilex shadows;
I see the lady lean.
Unclasping her silken girdle,
The curtain folds between.
She smiles on her white rose lover;
She reaches out her hand
And helps him In at the window—
1 see it where I stand!
To her scarlet lips she holds him
And kisses him many a time.
Ah, me it was he that won her
Because he dared to climb!
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The Balance of Power.
We take some states, not less than three.
Let’s call ’em “A” and “B” and “C;”
Not Russia, France and Germany,
But each a simple letter.
Supposing “A" should buy a gun;
Then "B must purchase more than ona;
"Then "C," who will not be outdone.
Must go a cannon better.
Then “A,” If not entirely mad,
Another gun or so will add,
As many as the others had,
Until he overtops them.
And "D” nnd ‘C will purchase more.
Exactly as they did before.
And heap up Implements of war
Till lack of money stops them.
And this Is “the balance of power,”
Diplomacy's climax and flower.
If we were not afraid of the guns we had
made,
We should all be at war In an hour.
—Boston Transcript.
The Point of View.
Johnny, age ten:
“Tho mean old maid who runs our school,
Because my sums I did not do,
Just made me sit there, like a fool.
Among the girls. Boohoo, boohoo!”
John, age twenty;
"Although our persona have gone back
On old time creed of ecorchlng hades,
'Tis she al still, as there we'd laok.
Of course, the company of ladlea."
—Clara Marshall.
All human history attests
That happiness for man—ths hungry tin
ner—
Siace Eve ate apples much depends on
dinner.
—Byron.
Grnnt-Who-WIII Tower.
Anne, the duchess in wooden shoes,
who brought Brittany In the pocket of
her wedding gown to her husband, the
king of France, kept the government
for hers«lf, and when the bishop of
Bt. Malo protested a garnet the strong
hold which she built to cow the too
Independent MalotSls she carved on
her tower the Irreverent Inscription,
Huxley's tables of the weights
which maj »till be read there, "Grunt
man show that the human body M who will, io Bltall It be; 'tis ufy pleas
made up of thirteen different elements, ure," and the toWer "Grunt-Who-Wlll”
of which firs are gaMa and
tQufc,|«Fen .groguet ft remains to this
solids.
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"I want ten two-cent stamps.” said
Mrs. Youngwed, “and please charge
them, because I have no change.”
"We don't do that, madam,” replletL
the clerk In the postotfice.
“The Idea! Why nop We always
our letters from you."—Philadelphia
last ger.